pastorshipn.
/ˈpɑːstəʃɪp/, /ˈpastəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈpæstərˌʃɪp/ The office or position of pastor; the tenure of such an office.
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1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1353/1 He [sc. Latimer] dyd of his own fre accorde resigne..his Pastorship.
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 53 The Pope's Universal Pastorship.
1684 R. Baxter Whether Parish Congregations 32 They null not the Parochial Pastorship.
1803 J. Bunting Let. 13 Dec. in T. P. Bunting Life Jabez Bunting (1859) I. xi. 220 That ministerial pastorship and oversight of the flock, which the New Testament enjoins as universally necessary.
1883 W. M. Taylor in P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 932/1 An office which he held in conjunction with his assistant pastorship.
1943 Phylon 4 155 Called to the pastorship of the largest church in Sanford, he succeeds and eventually becomes a Baptist moderator.
2003 Portland Press Herald (Nexis) Jan. 29 (Local & State section) 1 b He was being relieved of his pastorship and will be taking a leave of absence from the priesthood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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